Hender* (Hands)
Hva er et menneske verdt i år?* (What is the worth of a human this year?)
Hender* (Hands) with the subtitle Hva er et menneske verdt i år?* (What is the worth of a human this year?) is produced by Visjoner Teater. Hender is a dance performance on the topic of humanity, performed in the Culture Church Kulturkirken Jakob in Oslo in collaboration with The Norwegian Red Cross.
*Not yet translated into English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.
Information
(Objekt ID 6381)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | 2000 |
| Produced by | Visjoner Teater |
| Audience | Adults, Youth |
| Language | Norwegian |
| Keywords | Dance theatre |
| Running period | 2000 |
| Duration | 1 hour 30 minutes |
| Website | Visjoner Teater |
Requirements to venue
| Blackout | No |
Hender* (Hands) by Visjoner Teater asks:
Can one give an artistic expression to humanity? Sympathy? Loving one’s neighbour? What is it to act human?
After a journey to Sarajevo and the former Yugoslavia, the glance was sharpened. To see the people, the places, the faces, the eyes and the hands. The acts of the hands. This is how fragile life is… We witness our own acts. Do we dare to remember; to see the traces we have left? The memories, the signs. If we remember, how do we use our hands, the inside of the hands, towards our fellow humans? To meet a face means to take hold of it, to take responsibility in our hands. Do we dare to?
These are questions Juni Dahr posed to herself.
Hender by Visjoner Teater was supported by Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, Arts Council Norway, The Norwegian Composers’ Fund, The Norwegian Music Fund, Nordic Council’s committee for theatre and dance.
Hender is a project made in collaboration between The Norwegian Red Cross, Visjoner Teater and Kirkelig Kulturverksted (KKV).
Source: Performance program for Hender by Visjoner Teater.
*Not yet translated into English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Merete Morken Andersen | – Text |
| Juni Dahr | – Concept/Idea |
| Ingrid Forthun | – Instruction |
| Tore Brunborg | – Music |
| Kristin Bredal | – Stage design |
| Else Elisabeth Lund | – Costume design |
| Kristin Bredal | – Lighting design |
| Ingrid Tønder | – Lighting design |
| Juni Dahr | – Performer |
| Siri Jøntvedt | – Performer |
| Johan Simberg | – Performer |
| Karstein Solli | – Performer |
| Tore Brunborg | – Musician |
| Ottar Nesje | – Producer |
| 2000 – Kulturkirken Jakob, Oslo, Kulturkirken Jakob | Opening night |